I had this happen to my male spotted turtle two years ago. I had the water temp in the low 70's thinking that spotteds like cool water. I never took him to a vet, but healed him up by placing him in a sterile aquarium with heat lamps over top of him. Within a week he was back to normal. I now keep my two spotted enclosure's heated at around 78 degrees. I have had no problem since. Also I'm not sure how big your enclosure is but five may be too many turtles in there. With five turtles stress levels will be higher, and everyone knows that stress weakens a immune system. As for spotteds liking cool temps I'm begginning to debunk this idea. I think spotteds in the wild are assumed to like colder temps because they are first out of hibernation. However, I think this has more to do with some sort of survival instinct. Also they hibernate in shallow vernal pools or ponds that adjust to warm ups quicker then large lakes or bigger streams and ponds. Also as far as them not liking warm water and weather in the wild, I have seen them just as active in the months of june and july as march, april and may. These are just my observations of wild spotted turtles I could be wrong.

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